Game.



. No. 745,387. PATENTEIDYDEG; 1, 190's;

- L.-H.' RIDDLE.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

' rvrrnn STATES Patented December 1, 1903.

LAURA H. RIDDLE, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

GAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters iPatent No. 745,387, dated December 9 Application filed March 25, 1903.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAURA H. RIDDLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Council Bluffs, in the county of Pottawattamie and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in what may be called games for amusement or pastime.

It consists of the combination and arrangement of parts, including their construction,

' substantially as hereinafter more fully disclosed, and specifically pointed out by the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

Latitude is allowed herein as to details, as they may be changed Without departing from the spirit of my invention and the same yet remain intact and be protected.

In carrying out my invention I suitably provide a board 1, having a suitable support in in the form of a framing, and spanning this latter is a cross-bar, centrally upon which is secured a step or socket 2, which may be pro vided with frictional roller-bearing. Centrally of said board within an opening therein is arranged a revoluble disk or turn-table 3, having a pendent pivot let into said socket or bearing of said frame to provide for the ready or sensitive turning of said table. Said board may be suitably covered with billiardcloth or other suitable material secured thereon in any approved manner, and upon said cloth or board may be produced two concentric circles 4 at, also concentric with or around the center opening in said table. Radially arranged with relation to said table may be also produced upon said board, suitably spaced apart, bars or partitions 5 of suitable color. Intermediately of these bars may be disposed suit-able indicia as, for instance,-

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playing-cards or the likebetween any two of which, however, of said bars may be arranged or disposed upon a card or othersuitable surface the number 13, designated by the numeral 6. Saidindicia or cards-number 3, &c.may be secured-by ornamental fastenings, as round-headed tacks. It will be observed that said indicia is removed a short distance from the margin of the opening containin g the turn-table and that said spacingbars extend about a quarter of an inch past a plane touching the inner margin or edges of said indicia, terminating at said central opening in the board for a purpose apparent hereinafter. Said turn-table having a thumb piece or knob 7 centrally thereof for its convenient actuation or turning has also arranged circularly thereon characters, symbols, 850., such as numbers ranging from 1 to 13. It will be observed that the number 13 is arranged upon a lozenge-shaped surfaceintermediatelyofnumbers 2 and 5, said numbers corresponding to the number of spaces and indicia on said board.

With this board a game may be played for the amusement and instruction of children and others.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'A game apparatus comprising a board mounted upon an inclosing frame, said board having an opening therein, a turn table mounted within said opening, a cross-bar attached to the sides of the supporting-frame, a socket secured to said cross-bar and a pin rigidly secured to said table and extending into said socket, said table having characters, symbols or numerals equal in number with characters, symbols or numerals placed upon the board.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LAURA H. RIDDLE.

Witnesses:

O. E. WALL, L. S. JACKSON. 

